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Meet the Microbiologist - The scientists behind the microbiology
Meet the Microbiologist is a podcast that showcases the people behind the scientific discoveries. Each guest introduces their research in one of the cutting-edge areas of the microbial scien...
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The Value of Curiosity-Driven Research: Mechanism Discovery With Glen McGugan
Glen McGugan, Ph.D., Director of ASM's Mechanism Discovery Unit, discusses how curiosity‑driven research—from parasite virulence to CRISPR a...
Diagnostics in Action: Telling Microbial Stories
Andrea Prinzi, Ph.D., MPH, SM(ASCP) , and Rodney Rohde, Ph.D.,SM(ASCP)CM, SVCM , trace how passion‑driven, nonlinear paths in clinical micro...
Decoding the Pneumococcal Capsule With Moon Nahm
Moon Nahm, M.D., professor emeritus at UAB Department of Medicine and Director of the World Health Organization's Pneumococcal Serology Refe...
From Earth to Orbit: Applied and Environmental Microbiology With Veronica Garcia
From leading R&D at a biotech startup company to conducting environmental monitoring for NASA, Veronica Garcia, Ph.D. , Scientific Director...
Unraveling Introns and Expectations With Marlene Belfort, Ph.D.
Marlene Belfort, Ph.D., a distinguished professor at the University at Albany and author of Mommy, Can Boys Also Be Doctors? , discusses her...
The Gut Healing Power of Microbes and Cruciferous Vegetables
Episode Summary Sue Ishaq, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Microbiomes at the University of Maine, discusses how gut microbes transform seemin...
Preventing Foodborne Pathogens With Plant-Derived Compounds with Karl Matthews
Karl Matthews, Ph.D., Professor of Microbial Food Safety at Rutgers University, discusses ways to eliminate pathogens like Salmonella , E. c...
Early Microbial Life with Michael Lynch and Vaughn Cooper
Michael Lynch, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Mechanisms of Evolution at Arizona State University and Vaughn Cooper, Ph.D., professor of...
How FMTs, Coprophagia and the Milk Microbiome Inform Wildlife Conservation With Sally Bornbusch
Sally Bornbusch, Ph.D., is an NSF postdoctoral fellow in biology conducting microbial ecology research in animal care and conservation at th...
Agnostic Diagnostics and the Future of ASM Health With Dev Mittar
Dev Mittar, Ph.D ., Scientific Director of the ASM Health Scientific Unit discusses the use of metagenomic next generation sequencing to dev...
Implementing a National Action Plan to Combat AMR in Pakistan With Afreenish Amir
Episode Summary Afreenish Amir, Ph.D. , Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Project Director at the National Institute of Health in Pakistan, hig...
Discovering Fossilized Microbes in Antarctic Ice Cores With Manuel Martinez Garcia
Manuel Martinez Garcia, Ph.D., a professor of microbiology in the Physiology, Genetics and Microbiology Department at the University of Alic...
Revenge of the Microbes With Brenda Wilson and Brian Ho
Episode Summary Mother-Son duo, Brenda Wilson, Ph.D., professor of microbiology and the Associate Director of Undergraduate Education in the...
Binning Singletons With Joseph James
Joseph James, biologist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, discusses his career trajectory and the creation of Binning Singletons,...
Biorisk Assessment and Management With Saeed Khan
Saeed Khan, Ph.D., Head of the Department of Molecular Pathology at Dow diagnostic research and reference laboratory and President of the Pa...
From Hydrothermal Vents to Cold Seeps: How Bacteria Sustain Ocean Life With Nicole Dubilier
Nicole Dubilier, Ph.D., Director and head of the Symbiosis Department at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, has led numerous...
When Proteins Become Infectious: Understanding Prion Disease With Neil Mabbott
From Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), Neil Mabbott, Ph.D., has worked for nearly 2 decades on unde...
Trillion Dollar Microbes Make the Bioeconomy Go Round With Tim Donohue
Episode Summary Timothy Donohue, Ph.D. —ASM Past President, University of Wisconsin Foundation Fetzer Professor of Bacteriologyand Director...
Rabies: The Diabolical Virus With Many Symptoms and Hosts With Rodney Rohde
Rodney Rohde, Ph.D. , Regents' Professor and Chair of the Medical Laboratory Science Program at Texas State University discusses the many va...